Tester Contracts in Surrey

Tester
South East > Surrey

The median Tester daily rate in Surrey is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 54 77
Rank change year-on-year +1 +23 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Tester 3 8 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 0.51% 1.19% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 1.25% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £193 -
25th Percentile £475 £204 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £248 -
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% - -
75th Percentile £625 £353 -
90th Percentile - £400 -
South East median daily rate £413 £420 £433
% change year-on-year -1.79% -2.89% +16.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Surrey. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Surrey with a recognized job title 546 640 859
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 95.24% 97.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 471 605
10th Percentile £200 £195 £185
25th Percentile £369 £313 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 37 25
10th Percentile £12.31 £19.37 £11.81
25th Percentile £13.25 £42.50 £18.05
Median hourly rate £18.35 £45.00 £21.93
Median % change year-on-year -59.22% +105.20% -46.51%
75th Percentile £58.00 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £63.03 £53.70
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -13.40%

Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings that featured Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for Tester in Surrey

Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Tester in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for Tester in Surrey

Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Tester in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for Tester in Surrey

Tester
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tester within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Redhill -8 1 - -
Camberley - 1 £550 -
Tester
South East

Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) German Language
2 1 (33.33%) Spanish Language
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) T-SQL

Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) German Language
1 1 (33.33%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JSON
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center